Before I knew you
There was so much anticipation
I wondered a lot
About how exciting it will be
Once I know you
Know more about you
What makes you the way you are
So special in every sense.

It took me a while
There were so many huddles
Things did not work out
As I wanted
As I planned
As I thought it will
But finally it happened

You opened up
Little by little
Like a lotus bud
With time
You were not a stranger to me any more
I started to know you
In fits and starts
Like a collage
You appeared
In my mind’s eye
Amazing, fascinating
And worthwhile to go after

With time
Again you became mysterious
Amorphous
Nebulous
Making me to work hard
To be close to you
To be familiar
With all your moves

As time passes by
You still remain a moving target
Sought by many like me
To understand
You, the nature of things.

((:))

Put your lips together
And open it wide as you breathe in
And recite the primal mantra
"Mama"

Come on,
You can do it.

This magic word
Erases your age
Your ego and position
And recreates you as a child
At the breast of your mama
The young and the most beautiful one
Does not matter
If she is now in her twenties, forties or in seventies
Or long liberated from her mortal self.

But can she be ever detached?
Or can you ever be a grown up?
In the mere thought of her
You become
What you were many years ago
Many decades ago
With her tender touch
You become one with
The newly born deer fawns
The flightless baby birds
The ducklings
The vulnerable but safe kitten with eyes shut
Because your mama is always with you.